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Analysis: Olympia Fields Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 18 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Olympia Fields Police Pension Fund would have lost $541,325 in 2018, according to a South Cook News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $9,524,597 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 18 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $487,508 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,028,833 in expenses, according to the 2019 biennial report detailing the health of each of the state’s pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the fund’s annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $939,826 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $829,411 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $172,912 – $29,146 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,112,738 in 2018.

Olympia Fields Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$487,508$1,028,833-$541,325
2017$624,078$938,871-$314,793
2016$46,746$893,076-$846,330
2015$504,773$822,630-$317,857
2014$403,507$760,109-$356,602

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